Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish cycek, from Proto-Slavic *cicьkъ. By surface analysis, cyc +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɘ.t͡sɛk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɘt͡sɛk
  • Syllabification: cy‧cek

Noun

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cycek m inan (diminutive cycuś or cycuszek, augmentative cyc)

  1. (mildly vulgar) tit, nipple
  2. (colloquial) bump (small, protruding part of something)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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  • cycek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cycek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
  • Maciej Czeszewski (2006), “cycek”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, page 60